Abortion Deaths - C

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

Women's Stories	Explore More by Time Frame	All Deaths by Name
"Audrey C.," June 3, 1910 Age: 31 Self-induced with catheter "Ruby C.," March 2, 1908 Age: 24 Unspecified midwife; legal outcome unknown to me Janyth Caldwell, February 4, 1986 Age: 36 One of two deaths for Dr. Wayne Patterson; failure to detect ectopic pregnancy Hannah Calhoun, May 7, 1905 Unknown perpetrator Cordelia Calkins, February 26, 1860 Age: 18 Oil of tansy Velma Callahan, January 7, 1951 Age: 23 Massive abortion ring; lay abortionists arrested Geneva Calton, July 18, 1979 Age: 21 Sent home with perforated uterus, bled to death; one of two dead patients for Northside Family Planning Stella Cams, August 2, 1915 Age: 30 Actual abortionist unknown, but Dr. Maximilian Meinhard, involved after the fact, linked to two other abortion deaths Annette Camoratto, May 1934 Age: 19 Physician charged with homicide, released due to lack of evidence Joan Camp, May 19, 1985 Age: 22 Clots in lungs; not counted as legal abortion death by CDC because they could not determine if a doctor had done the abortion Ruth Camp, February 2, 1916 One of two deaths in same month linked to Dr. Bennett Graff; convicted but won new trial; Graff claimed medical necessity Delia Campbell, August 10, 1922 Age: 38 One of three deaths attributed to Dr. George F. Slater; legal outcome unknown to me Irene Campbell, August 9, 1927 Age: 33 One of two deaths linked to Dr. Herman Webber; indicted, outcome of case unknown to me Vivian Campbell, July 7, 1950 Age: 27 Perpetrator never identified Marla Cardamone, August 16, 1989 Age: 18 Bullied by Magee Women's Hospital social worker into unwanted abortion; abortion botched, aftercare inadequate; sealed settlement for survivors Amelia Cardito, February 23, 1943 Age: 34 Physician implicated himself by reporting widower shaking him down for funeral expenses Bertha Carlson, February 20, 1916 Age: 19 Implicated physician in deathbed statement; lack of prosecution probably due to his ill health Hannah Carlson, July 1, 1896 Age: 20 One of over a dozen deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; acquittal due to lack of evidence Hannah had not self-induced as Hagenow claimed Hazel Carr, March 16, 1915 Age: 26 Unidentified perpetrator Elinora Cassidy, March 15, 1915 Age: 22 Implicated physician in deathbed statement; case never went to trial Teresa Causey, December 3, 1988 Age: 17 Bled to death from multiple uterine lacerations in unlicensed clinic; doctor tried to revive her with smelling salts and slapping her face; no legal action taken Claudia Caventou, May 8, 1986 Age: 33 Boyfriend heard her screaming while doctor tried to remove fetus from empty uterus; doc had failed to diagnose ectopic pregnancy, which ruptured during procedure Patricia Chacon, March 3, 1984 Age: 16 One of 16 patients dead after abortions at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates; internal injuries and hemorrhage Colleen Chambers, May 12, 1991 Age: 34 Found dead in her room after family requested landlord do welfare check; blood clots after legal abortion Emma Chandler, July 20, 1913 Age: 20 Named abortionist in deathbed statement; legal disposition unknown to me Eugenie Chauvet, November 10, 1870 Age: 22 Case thrown out because it could not be proved that Eugenie really knew she was dying when she named physician in deathbed statement Ying Chen, August 3, 2009 Age: 30 No emergency equipment, doctor with history of serious problems, overdosed on lidocaine; no disciplinary action other than ban on doing more abortions "Susanna Chisolm", June 3, 1975 Age: 35 Bled to death from punctured uterus; one of three deaths from abortions at now-defunct Biogenetics Victoria Chmileuski, December 31, 1917 Age: 40 One of three deaths linked to midwife Wilhemina Benn; acquittal for reasons unknown to me Joyce Chorney, November 18, 1953 Age: 25 Doctor charged; outcome of charges unknown to me Alda Christopherson, February 25, 1916 Age: 21 One of three deaths linked to Dr. Lillian Hobbs; murder conviction Mary Elizabeth Christy, January 23, 1926 Age: 19 Named physician in deathbed statement; legal outcome unknown to me Jennie Chubb, January 4, 1921 Age: 21 Midwife implicated; legal outcome unknown to me Caroline Clark, June 11, 1843 Age: 18 Unidentified perpetrator Edith Clark, June 24, 1971 Age: 29 Cardiac arrest after anesthetic injected for legal abortion in doctor's office Helen Clark, September 16, 1941 Age: 23 Blind lay abortionist found guilty of abortion but not of manslaughter Jennie Clark, February 25, 1879 Body dumped in trunk, linked back to local doctor Virginia Clark, February 21, 1929 Age: 26 Physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter Anna Clemens, April 6, 1880 Age: 26 Body dumped off bridge; Dr. William G. Cox acquitted only to be arrested later for another abortion death Gweldolyn Cliett, March 5, 1980 Age: 29 Reaction to anesthesia during abortion performed in hospital Margaret Clodfelter, June 16, 1989 Age: 19 Retained tissue and uterine perforation; died of infection; no known disciplinary action against doctor Ida Coakley, November 22, 1897 Age: 24 Funeral procession halted for autopsy and inquest; physician prosecuted; hung jury on first trial, second trial acquittal after key witness fled the state Florence Cobb, March 6, 1921 Age: 23 One of three deaths linked to Dr. Charles Milliken; legal outcome unknown to me Kitty Cody, January 16, 1889 Age: 22 Self-induced with abortifacient and unnamed instrument "Glenda Coe", September 18, 1958 Age: 31 Unidentified perpetrator Jean Cohen, January 22, 1925 Age: 17 One of eighteen deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; she was cleared for reason I have yet to determine Mary Colbert, March 25, 1933 Age: 21 One of three deaths linked to Dr. Emil Gleitsman; legal outcome unknown to me Frances Collins, May 6, 1920 Age: 34 Physician implicated, Frances had undergone multiple illegal abortion previously, but this time it was an ectopic pregnancy Katherine Collins, July 25, 1911 Age: 23 Unidentified perpetrator Nathelyn Collins, August 13, 1954 Age 17 Rev. Clarence Loveaux, who ran abortion clinic behind his storefront church, arrested; legal outcome of case unknown to me Pamela Colson, June 26, 1994 Age: 31 Multiple internal laceration; bled to death as friends drove her home; doctor fired from another clinic but kept on at one where he performed Pamela's abortion Chloe Colts, January 19, 2008 Age: 26 Multiple internal lacerations; doctor had history of malpractice; no disciplinary action that I'm aware of Corrine Comstock, October 16, 1922 Age: 18 Self-induced by unspecified method Naomi Congdon, August 28, 1943 Age: 21 Maternity nurse convicted of first-degree manslaughter Mary Conners, March 23, 1917 Age: 19 Unidentified perpetrator Lizzie Cook, July 27, 1884 Age: 25 Physician convicted of first-degree manslaughter Alice Corbett, October 18, 1939 Age: 28 Physician sentenced to Sing-Sing Andrea Corey, February 28, 1993 Age: 31 Referred to clinic by Planned Parenthood; died of gas gangrene Liliana Cortez, September 25, 1986 Age: 22 Delay in transport after cardiac arrest; one of three deaths at Her Medical Clinic Edith Cote, December 14, 1991 Age: 38 Amniotic fluid in lungs Sheryl Cottone, July 1, 1981 Age: 23 Abortion recommended due to clotting disorder Twila Coulter, November 14, 1972 Age: 21 Cerebral hemorrhage -- known complication of risky saline abortion US doctors continued to use after it was abandoned in other countries Barbara Covington, September 11, 1962 Age: 35 Dr. Mandel M. Friedman, on bail for another abortion death, entered plea bargain Katherine Cross, October 10, 1917 Age: 18 One of two deaths in only nine months attributed to Dr. Abraham H. Yates; legal outcome unclear in documents Goldie Crow, July 17, 1940 Age: 28 Psychologist Otto C. Lucy, advertised as doctor, was out on bail for another abortion death Agnes Crowe, February 16, 1925 Age: 28 Unspecified female midwife implicated Denise Crowe, February 3, 2006 Age: 21 NAF member passing off his office as clinic, massive anesthesia overdose, inadequate monitoring and resuscitation; medical license suspended Margaret Crowe, January 2, 1918 Age: 25 One of two deaths linked to Dr. Anna Sorenson, who died while awaiting trial Ethel Crowell, April 14, 1930 Age: 20 Dr. Hans Paulson implicated, charges dropped, judicial corruption suspected Isabell Cuda, November 12, 1952 Age: 22 Unlicensed midwife Mary Murawski convicted; previously implicated in another abortion death Carol Cunningham, August 22, 1986 Age: 21 Suicide by carbon monoxide Edna Curran, December, 1921 Physician tried; outcome of case as yet unknown to me Annie Curtis, March 16, 1875 Age: 28 On deathbed, implicated midwife posing as physician; outcome of case as yet unknown to me Mary Cusack, January 9, 1918 Age: 39 Physician indicted, no trial Sarah Cushing, January 15, 1907 Age: 24 Second abortion death linked to midwife Gertrude Plenz; Plenz arrested but outcome of case unknown to me Mary Cybulski, September 26, 1922 Age: 35 Profession of person arrested not provided; outcome of case unknown to me	* The Colonial Era The 19th Century The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T UV WXYZ Jane Roes